Havemann, Ernst
by Bloodsong and Other Stories of South Africa
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0395432960
- ISBN 13
- 9780395432969
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston. 1987. June 1987. Houghton Mifflin. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0395432960. 134 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Four by Five. keywords: Literature South Africa . FROM THE PUBLISHER - An extraordinary voice tells these 11 stories, making use of familiar words in unfamiliar order and adding details so pungent that time and place are pinned in a sentence. In A Farm at Raraba a white South African soldier captures one of those yellow Hottentot types, with spaces between his peppercorns of hair, and they shelter together for the night. In the morning they go their separate ways, a pattern repeated in Death of the Nation, when the white boy from Natal takes leave of his black companion, Fakwes. The latter shares everything he knows with his white master, which bees sting and which merely buzz, how to salute the praying mantis and the white boy in turn teaches the unschooled black to read and write, presenting him with a New Testament, in Zulu. I will be a preacher, but not a believer, Fakwes says, and proceeds to preach revolution. Excursions into unknown cultural country abound, especially in the captivating title story, when a young farm boy defies his father and joins streams of natives bound for a tribal ceremony at the chieftain's kraal. The 68-year-old author, once a mining engineer in South Africa, is a marvelously gifted writer. - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. inventory #8094 ISBN: 0395432960.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Zeno's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8094
- Title
- Havemann, Ernst
- Author
- Bloodsong and Other Stories of South Africa
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395432960
- ISBN 13
- 9780395432969
- Publisher
- Bookthrift Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- March 1990
Terms of Sale
Zeno's
All items subject to prior sale. Payment in U.S. dollars must accompany order. Payment methods accepted- Paypal or check. Any item may be returned for whatever reason within 10 days of receipt. California residents add 9.5 % sales tax. California dealers please include resale card and number in lieu of tax.
About the Seller
Zeno's
Biblio member since 2004
San Francisco, California
About Zeno's
Zenosbooks.com is a secondhand and out-of-print Internet bookstore. While our stock is general, we specialize in Literature, Mysteries, Latin American Literature, African-American interest, and Translated Literature.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: